Alberta Craft Beer

• Alberta Ale Trail brewing up excitement for craft beer lovers

  The map pinpoints each brewery and curates regional trails for beer enthusiasts to follow.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2023
  
• An increase in the price of craft beer is brewing in Alberta

  Buying your favourite craft beer may soon come at a premium price as many microbreweries across Alberta are dealing with soaring grain, shipping and packaging prices.

  Economy

  Oct 20, 2021
  
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• Edmonton craft brewery Alley Kat switches from bottles to cans

  Alley Kat beer is moving to cans. The Edmonton brewery is also marking its 25th anniversary this year and is collaborating with other local breweries to celebrate.

  Consumer

  Mar 10, 2020
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• Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing sold, but ownership to remain local

  After 25 years as a family business, the husband-and-wife owners of one of Edmonton's first craft breweries have sold Alley Kat to two fans from St. Albert.

  Consumer

  Feb 5, 2020
• Tapping into the potential of women in Alberta’s craft beer industry

  More and more women are positioning themselves right in the middle of the craft beer revolution in Alberta.

  Consumer

  Jan 31, 2020
• ‘A little bit more old-school’: Craft beer slowly finding footing in Lethbridge

  Brewers in Lethbridge say the craft beer industry is slowly but surely growing in a city that was behind in its adoption of independently brewed suds.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2020
• Calgary craft brewery Banded Peak acquired by Labatt

  Banded Peak is the second Calgary craft brewer to be acquired by a major corporation in nine months.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020
• Alberta craft brewery showcases local authors, musicians on beer cans: ‘The wider world is digging it’

  Lacombe-based Blindman Brewing is printing a collection of short stories, poems and musical lyrics on the labels of one of its beers this winter.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2020
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• Capitalizing on Alberta’s craft beer boom: marketing, branding and tourism in 2020

  With Alberta's craft beer industry expanding at a rapid pace, many breweries say a good product and unique marketing are the keys to standing out in the crowd.

  Consumer

  Jan 27, 2020
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• Alberta’s top court dismisses beer battle appeal, province won’t have to repay brewers

  Alberta's top court is dismissing the province's appeal of a ruling that disallowed a program intended to promote sales of local craft beers.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2019